Though I had known about it well in advance, I pretended to be
surprised at having a
birthday party
A. I acted surprised about being given a birthday party, but I had known about it a long time before
B. Despite only pretending to be surprised at the birthday party, I had actually
been completely unaware of it
C. I was quite surprised at their throwing me a birthday party, though I could have found out about it well before
D. I knew about the birthday party a long time before, yet I wasn’t pretending when I acted surprised